Awning-hanger.



R. L. WOODIT.

AWNlNG HANGER.

APPLICATION mED IULY 21,1914.

1,166,15.. Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

RICHARD L. WOODIT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

winne-HANGER.

specincation of Letters raient.

Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

Application filed July 21, 1914. Serial No. 852,317.

To al?, whom t may concern Be it known that I, RICHARD L. WooDrr, a citizen of the United States, residing at No. 100 West Seventy-sixth street, borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Awning-Hanger, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to means for hanging awnings and the object of my invention is to construct an awning hanger which may be permanently placed in position and whereby awnings may be quickly put up and taken down.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a front elevation of my device; Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a view of the awning rod removed from the hanger, parts being broken away.

I construct a metal bracket 2, the upper part thereof having a hollow cylinder thereon, into which is inserted one end of the rod 6, the lower part of said bracket being flat with holes therein, whereby said bracket may be attached to the window frame. I also construct a metal bracket 3, the upper part thereof being downwardly curved, as at 8, with an opening 9 made therein, for the insertion of the point l1 of the spring 4. The lower end of the bracket 3 is upwardly curved, as at 10, into which is inserted the lower end of the spring 4. Mid way between the curved ends of the bracket 3 are holes for attaching` it to the window frame. The brackets 2 and 3 are attached to opposite sides of the window frame.

The spring 4 of the bracket 3 I construct with the upper part sufliciently curved downward to permit its insertion into the downwardly curved part of the bracket 3 after the placing of the other end 'of the rod 6 therein, and has a point or extension 11, at one end, which is inserted into the opening 9 of the bracket 3. The lower end of the spring 4 is pressed into the lower end curved part 10 of the bracket 3 and the resiliency of the spring is such as to cause it to press upward and against the end of the rod 6 which is inserted under the curved part 8 of the bracket 3 and to hold the rod firmly in position. The object of having the lower part of the bracket 3 upwardly curved, as at 10, is to hold the lower part of the spring 4 in place and to prevent it from flying outward when it is inserted into said curved part 10 after the point 1l is inserted into the opening 9 of the bracket 3.

llhe metal pulley hangers 5 are hollow cylinders closed at one end and lit over the ends of the rod 6. Upon the pulley hangers 5 are the S-hooks 12 to which are attached the pulleys by which the awning is raised. The rod 6 may be of any suitable metal but strong enough to sustain the weight of the awning. When it is desired to use my invention, the bracket 2 is attached to one side of the window frame and the bracket 3 to the other side. The pulley hangers 5 are inserted over the ends of the rod 6. One end of the rod 6 is then inserted into the upper part of the bracket 2 and the other end placed under the curved part 8 of the bracket 3. The point l1 of the spring 4 is inserted into the opening 9 of the bracket 3 and the lower end is pressed into the curved part 10 of the bracket 3, thus holding the rod firmly in place. To take the awning down it is only necessary to remove the spring 4 and remove the end of the rod 6 from the upper part of the bracket 2.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

In an awning hanger, in combination with a rod and awning, of a bracket the upper part thereof having a hollow cylinder thereon, the lower part flat and with openings therein whereby the same may be attached to a window frame, a companion bracket, the upper part downwardly curved with an opening thereon to engage a point of a spring, the lower end upwardly curved to receive the end of a spring, a curved spring having a point and adapted to fit into a bracket, and cylindrical pulley hangers closed at one end and adapted to fit over the ends of a rod, substantially as described.

RICHARD L. WOODIT.

Witnesses:

H. B. MINGLE, Roer. K. RUDGE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for iive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

